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E. S. FRAZIER. BALL BEARING EOEA VEHICLE WHEELS! No. 482,896.. Patented Sept.` 20, 11892.

(No Model.) v v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD S. FRAZIER, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

BALL-sensible yFOR VEHICLE-WH EELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,896, dated September 20, 1892. Application iiled March 19, 1892- Serial No. 425,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ICDjv-BD S. FRAZIER, a citizen of the nited States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bearings, of which the followingr is a specification, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Yligure l is a central vertical section of a wheel-hub, the spindle bein inserted in the hub; and Fig. 2 is a similar view, the spindle being removed.

M y invention relates to bearings for wheeled vehicles, and more particularly to that class known as ball-bearings.

In ball-bearings as heretofore made it has been necessary to remove the balls or to i11- terfere with the adjustment of the bearings whenever the hub was `removed from the spindle, necessitating a frequent adjustment of the balls.

The objectoi' my invention is to provide an improved ball-bearing, which shall be specially adapted for use on sulkies, buggies, and other similar Wheeled vehicles in which the hub may be removed from t-he spindle without exposing the balls of the bearing and in which the necessity of readjusting the balls at each removal of the spindle .will be avoided. I accomplish this object as hereinafter specified and as illustrated in the drawings.

That which I regard as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, 'a indicates a' hub of a wheel, and b an ordinary spindle.

c indicates the axle-tree, which carries the spindle.

c indicates axle-collar, which is provided at suitable points on its inner surface with ne or more recesses c, as best shown in Fig. l. c'. indicates an ordinary nut, for securing v ttc spindle in place vin the hub.

eis such that the bushes ff will be incased in the hub.

g indicates a sleeve, which is of sufficient size to receive the spindle b and to t into the sleeve e. The sleeve g is about of the same length as the spindle b and is screw-threaded at its ends to receive sollars 7L h', as shown. The collars 7L h are of hardened steel, and are provided with beveled or conical bearing-surfaces 'i t", as shown.

j indicates a number of hardened steel balls, which are placed in the space between the bearings i t" and the respective bushes lr. indicates one or more lugs or pins, which project from the outer surface of the collars h', and are adapted to fit int-o the recesses c in the axle-collar c', as shown in Fig. 1. By screwing the collars h h upon the sleeve g they may be set up to ta e up wear, or they maybe removed, when d sired, to gain access to the balls j.

It is evident that it is immaterial whether the lugs 7s are formed on the collar 7L andthe recesses c" in the ax1e-collar, or vice versa, as the operation will be the same in either case.

When the wheel revolves, the collar g will be held stationary by the engagement ot' the lugs .7.: in the. recesses c, and the hub will turn upon the balls j. \Vl1en .it is desired to remove the wheel from the spindle, by unscrewing the nut d the spindle may be withdrawn from the sleeve g, which will be held in place in the h ub by means ot' the collars 71, h'. By this construction the sleeve g will always retain its place in the hub unless one or both collars'h h are removed and the adjustment el the balls will always remain the same unless the collars 7L h are moved upon the sleeve g.

Instead of balls i suitable rollers may be used.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. 'lhc combination, with a hub, of bushes fj", a sleeve g, having collars h h', and balls interposed between thecollars .7L 71 and the husln-fe'ajj", substantially as described.

i. The combination, with a .rlaeclvhub, of a.

non-rotary cylindrical sleeve on which the' 2 v 4e2,eee

hub revolves, ball-bearings locatedat opposleeve e andbushes ff', of asleeve g, having site ends of the sleeve, and collars secured to collarsy h h adjustably secured thereon, and xo the ends of the sleeve and adjustable there balls interposed between said collars and the upon for the purpose of retaining the sleeve bushes f f', substantially as described. 5in position and Apreventing its displacement EDWARD S. FRAZIER.

when the hub is removed from the axle-spin- Witnesses: l f -d1e, substantially as described, i J OHN L. JAoKsoN,

3. The combination, with a' hub 'having a `RALPHVAN DYKE. 

